A creepy clown turns torturer in a Danish shocker that’s deeply unpleasant but a cut above the usual slasher fare
This Danish-made shocker would not be my choice of viewing – films that revel in cruelty and the infliction of pain are really not my thing. That said, The Ringmaster is perhaps a little better, or at least a bit more artful, than the usual slash-and-suffer flick.
It opens with a “friendly warning” that there is rough viewing ahead and an admission that even though it is set in Denmark – “land of fairytales, hygge and home to some of the happiest people in the world – it will do its utmost to change that cosy image.